Collecting and stacking machine.



G. W. MASCORD.

GOLLEGTING AND STAGKING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED NOV.4, 1910.

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G. W. MASCORD.

COLLECTING AND STACKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOVA, 1910.

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Patented July 4, 1911.

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G. W. MASCORD.

COLLECTING AND STAGKING MACHINE.

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COLLECTING AND STAOKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1910.

Patented July 4, 1911.

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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4, 1910. 997,201 Patented July 4, 1911.

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GEORGE W. MASCORD, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

COLLECTING AND STACKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1911.

Application filed November 4, 1910. Serial No. 590,651.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon \VILLIAM MAscoim, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 5, the Crescent, Barnes. London, England, mechanician,.have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collecting and Stacking Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for collecting, stacking and bundling a printed or folded product such as a newspaper, and has for its object .to provide an improved automatically operating mechanism for this purpose, consisting in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described The accompanying drawings represent the preferred method of carrying the invention into effect in a rotary newspaper printing machine with two points of delivery situated one above the other.

Figures v1 and 1* are a side elevation. Figs. 2 and 2 are a front elevation. is a diagram illustrating the path transfer receptacles.

a is the normal point of delivery from the folding cylinders in a machine of the class referred to.

b are rotary delivery of a well-known type.

c isa flexible guide for assisting the retention of the product in a vertical position.

(27 are movable stops or fingers suitably shaped or formed by which the product or folded newspaper is supported in a vertical position and which also perform the function of dividing the sameinto selected blocks or quires of such number as may be requisite, (in this instance 26 copies).

6 are the chains carrying the stops dwhich are propelled continuously in the direction shown by the arrow. It will be understood that the chains 6 receive their motion through of the fingers or fliers gearing and shafts f, f P, f".

g is a trip lever operating to intermittently retain the stops d during a definite I period, controlled by the lever h and cam j.

The lever h is retained in contact with the cam by a spring in a well-known manner. The stops or fingers d are pivoted upon suitable links in the chain 6 and are normally carried at right angles to the chains, being retained in the normal position by springs provided at the pivoted ends.

It will be understood that as the interval of time between the delivery of any two Fig. 3.

sheets is relatively very short (approximately 1/500 of one minute) the points or top ends of fingers d must operate effectively in that period to divide any one copy from the following one. This is effected as here shown by the retention of the top end of. the stops d in a stationary position by.

k is the quire or selected number of the copies produced.

The copy an (Eig l) is emerging from the delivery. rollers and tapes y and will follow the path approximately shown by the downwardly directed arrow. It will then have behind it one of the radial arms of the flier b\which latter will be so set or timed that it will upon nearly reaching its farthest radial'path touch the top half of the rapidly dropping copy w and push it forward out of the path of the copy to follow. The small fluted and rapidly revolving fan roller 6 will propel the top end of the sheet or copy and prevent its return lnto the path of the copy following. When the selected number of copies are accumulated .the following stop (Z will move forward and create a division as shown. The quire will be moved forward as shown at Fig. 1 by the action of the chains until three quires 21116 position and the fourth partly colecte i Z is a carrier for clips or finger pieces Z Z Z The carrier Z is operated by. the lever m. and cam m and moves horizontally on guides m backward toward the deliveries and forward to the stacking device. The

fingers Z Z ,l are. mounted upon a vertical spindle Z1 which is cranked at one end, and

carries a friction roller Z working on a cam shaped guide or former Z so that in its movement backward and forward it alternately grips .a quire when at its backward end and withdraws so that upon its return from the forward stroke it will not engage or damage the succeeding quire. This is accomplished by a cam operating as before mentioned. It will thus be understood that box m and likewise the contents of N wi the carrier Z controls the movement of the I quires or blocks to the stackin member or receptacle N in which are flexi le retainin stops n n n, &c. The forward stroke of the lever m is continued until the front part 'of the quire or block reaches the limit or retaining stops n n the quire being pressed firmly past the retaining stop or non-return stop 02 The carrier Z is then returned on the backward stroke to the following qulre. Immediately the carriers withdraw the stacking members or receptacles N and Ifl then in vertical position (Fig. 2) turn in the direction of arrows 1 and 2 to the horizontal position so as to be op ositethe plunger heads 0 and 0' respective y (Figs. 2 and 2), when the plunger heads o -and 0 will be released and move forward by the action of coiled springs 0 following upon the stroke of the levers p and cams 72 (Fig. 2). As

the plungers 0 ando are free to pass into and through the transferboxesN'andN it will be observed that in its passage 1t .Wlll

- push the quires from N and N into bundling boxes at m and m, The latter are fitted 'withfiexible ratchet shaped retaining or non-return stops 25 to prevent the quire its fold away from the stud 3. The respectivequires will then be transferred to the bundling boxes m and m in that position. During the period however two other. quires will have been pushed into the transfer boxes N in the lower position and N in the.

upper position, as shown in Fig. 3 in which a double arrow A represents the path of transfer receptacle N, and arrows A A A the limited path backward and forward of the respective transfer receptacles N N N. Upon the next quarter revolution the contents of .L 8 will be transferred to bundlin be transferredto bundling box m As the folded product or quires leave the folder deliveries in the same vertical relation in each case i. 6. with the cross fold on the lower side, it will be observed that the action above described results in the first pair being transferred to the bundling receptacles m m in one direction while the second pair. will be transferred in the opposite direction and so equalize the parcel because as is'well-known the folded edge is much more bulky and therefore-tends to makea parcel unequal if the quires are not staggered in the way shownand descnbed.

The intermittent oscillating motion of the transfer wheel (Fig. 3) is obtained by the use of an interrupted gear in a manner wellknown as shown by a bevel inion r on the main shaft 1' through a beve wheel 1' interrupted spur gear wheel 1' on same shaft, geared to the pinion 1 and a crank disk r afiixed to the same revolving on the stud 1' when 5 quires more orless are collected in boxes m m The tying and-knotting apparatus is controlled by the lever s pivoted at s 'with a friction roller 8 rollin on a cam wheel 8 and connectedby'a r0 8 to an operating lever s keyed on theshafts, which operates the lever- 87 which in turn operates the clutch lever 8 and clutch mechanism 8 (Fig. 2) in which upon raising the lever 89 the clutch mechanism is put into operation,-a-iconstantly moving and power driven member 8 being provided which whenengaged operates a cam s, a lever 8 a bell crank lever a, and needle bar .9 (Fig. 2). The needle bar carries bundling twine or string behind the bundle as held in place by the plunger 0' and through the space 0' and ties or knots it at t in a manner wellknown. The line of twine or string is shown at a lying inthe path of the quires or bundles when being transferred to m or m, and thus insuring the encircling of the bundle by means of the needle strin supply and knotting mechanism. The tie bundle is then ejected by depressing the bottom or floor of m or m and opening the back thereof, as shown respectively at u w, the operation being accomplished by means of a lever u worked by the cam .9 through a lever u on a shaft a to which are keyed levers u operating connecting. rods u, u", pivoted at u u.

It will be understood that a roll or supply of string may be carried at any convenient position beingfed in at point e.

The tying mechanism is operated by its own shaft w by spiral gear w geared up so that the shaft e0 runs at a relatively high speed.

, What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is '1. A collecting and stacking machine comprising endless chains, fingers on said chains, means for preventing the fingers from assuming a vertical position until a certain number of the products have been collected between respective pairs of fingers, carriers, means for operating said earners, a frame, receptacles in said frame, said receptacles adapted to receive the blocks of products from the carriers, and means for operating said frame in such manner that the blocks of products are collected by the respective receptacles alternately from the carriers so that the folded edges of the blocks of products are alternately disposed.

' 2. A collecting and stacking machine comprising endless chains, fingers on said chains, means for preventing the fingers from as suming a vertical position until a certain number of the products have been collected between respective pairs of fingers, carriers, means for operating said carriers, a frame, receptacles in said frame, said receptacles adapted to receive the blocks of products from the carriers, and means for operating said frame in such manner that the blocks of products are collected by the respective receptacles alternately from the carriers so that the folded edges of the blocks of prodnets are alternately disposed, and means for discharging the blocks from the receptacles;

3. A collecting and stacking machine comprising endless chains, fingers on said chains, means for preventing the fingers from assuming a vertical position until a certain number of the products have been collected between respective pairs of fingers, carriers, means for operat-ing'said carriers,a frame, receptacles in said frame, said receptacles adapted to receive the blocks of products from the carriers, and means for operating said frame in such manner that the blocks of products are collected by the respective receptacles alternately from the carriers so that the folded edges of the blocks of products are alternatelydisposed, bundling boxes for receiving the blocks from the receptacles and means for discharging the blocks from the receptacles into the bundling boxes.

4. A collecting and stacking machine comprising endless chains, fingers on said chains, means for driving said chains, means for preventing the fingers from assuming a vertical position before a certain number of the products have collected between respective pairs of fingers, a frame, receptacles in'said frame, means for transferring the products from between the fingers into the receptacles, said means comprising shafts, fingers on said shaft, carriers on which said. shafts are mounted, a cam for imparting such a movement to the shafts that the fingers on the latter can be moved past the products and engage with the ends thereof, means for operating said carriers, means for oscillating said frame and means for discharging the products from the receptacles.

5. A collecting and stacking machine comprising endless chains, fingers on said chains,

means for driving said chains, means for preventing the fingers from assuming a vertical position before a certain number of the products have collected between respective pairs of fingers, a frame, receptacles in said frame, means for transferring the products from between the fingers into the receptacles, said means comprising shafts, fingers on said shaft, carriers on which said shafts are mounted, a cam -forimparting such a movement tothe shafts that the fingers on the latter can be moved past the products and engage with'the ends thereof, means for operating said carriers, means for oscillating said frame, said receptacles on the oscillation of the frame, alternately receiving the products from two separate endless chains, and means for discharging the products from the receptacles.

6. A collecting and stacking machine comprising endless chains, fingers on said chains, means for driving said chains, means for preventing the fingers from assuming a vertical position before a certain number of the products have collected between respective pairs of fingers, a frame, receptacles in said frame, means for transferring the products from between the fingers into the receptacles, said means comprising shafts, fingers on said shaft, carriers on which said shafts are mounted, a cam for imparting such a movement to the shafts that the fingers on the latter can be moved past the products and engage with the ends thereof, means for operating said carriers, means for oscillating said frame and means for discharging the products from the receptacles, bundling boxes for receiving the products from the receptacles and in which they are retained until a number of blocks of the products have been collected therein, and means for discharging the blocks of products from the receptacles into the bundling boxes.

7 A collecting and stacking machine comprising endless chains, fingers on said chains, means for driving said chains, means for preventing the fingers from assuming a vertical position before a certain number of the products have collected between respective pairs of fingers, a frame, receptacles in said frame, means for transferring the products from between the fingers into the receptacles, said means comprising shafts, fingers on said shaft, carriers on which said shafts are mounted, a cam for imparting such a movement to the shafts that the fingers on the latter can be moved past the products and engage'with the ends thereof, means for operating said carriers, means for oscillating said frame and means for discharging the products from the receptacles, doors on said bundling boxes and means for opening said doors when the blocks of products are to be discharged.

8; A collecting and stacking machine comprising endless chains, fingers in said chains, means for preventing the fingers from assuming a vertical position until a certain number of the products have been collected between respective pairs of fingers, carriers, means for operating said carriers, a frame, receptacles in said frame, said receptacles adapted to receive the blocks of products from the carriers, and means for operating said frame in such manner that the blocks of products are collected by the respective receptacles alternately from the carriers so that the folded edges of the blocks of products are alternately disposed, and means for retaining the blocks of products in position in the receptacles. a

9. A collecting and stacking machine comprising endless chains, fingers on said chains, means for preventing the fingers from assuming a vertical position until a certain number of the products have been collected between respective pairs of fingers, carriers, means for operating said carriers, a frame, receptacles in said frame, said receptacles adapted to receive the blocks of products from the carriers, and means for operating said frame in such manner that the blocks of products are collected by the respective receptacles alternately from the carriers so that the folded edges of the blocks of products are alternately disposed, and means for holding the edge of the product out of the path of the following product which is being delivered in the machine.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

GEORGE W. MASCORD. 

